Senior Software Engineer

About the Role

The Development Enablement team is a new engineering group focused on streamlining the development experience, providing guidance, and addressing challenges in working with the technology stacks maintained by the departmental Architecture team. A Senior Software Engineer will provide technical guidance, champion best practices, establish development standards, and help define roadmaps to deliver high-quality, secure, and scalable software. The role combines advanced technical depth with leadership to mentor engineers and explore opportunities to leverage AI to improve development workflows.

The position involves collaborating on cybersecurity solutions to protect and monitor clients’ network infrastructure and developing sustainable programs and processes that defend against cyberattacks and improve cyber resiliency.

Location: Yarmouth, ME; Falmouth, ME; Orono, ME. Travel 0-5%.

What You'll Do

• Define and establish technical standards from architectural guidelines

• Build scalable, maintainable software systems

• Drive adoption of emerging technologies, selected by leads

• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers

• Participate in hiring processes and technical interviews

• Collaborate with leadership on technical roadmaps

• Represent technical perspectives in strategic planning

• Establish code quality standards and technical debt management within the team

• Create technical documentation and knowledge-sharing resources

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams

• Identify opportunities to leverage Agentic AI to improve developer productivity, streamline engineering workflows, and enhance software quality

• Guide engineering teams in the responsible adoption of AI-assisted development practices and tooling

• Evaluate and implement AI-driven solutions that support development enablement, automation, and operational efficiency

• Establish best practices for integrating Agentic AI into the software development lifecycle

• What We're Looking For

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related technical field, OR equivalent professional experience demonstrating expert-level programming competency and proven technical leadership capability

• Typically 5+ years of professional software development experience with demonstrated progression to technical leadership roles

• Proven track record of leading complex technical projects

• Experience with large-scale system design and production system management

• History of contributing to technical decision-making and establishing best practices

• Technologies: Proficiency with C#, Angular, SQL, Linux, git, Docker, and AWS; or similar

• Advanced Programming: Expert-level proficiency in multiple languages with deep ecosystem knowledge

• System Architecture: Extensive experience with scalable, distributed systems and cloud-native patterns

• DevOps & Infrastructure: Advanced CI/CD, containerization, orchestration, infrastructure as code

• Performance & Scale: Application tuning, database optimization, caching, system scaling

• Security & Quality: Deep understanding of secure development practices and quality assurance methodologies

• Emerging Technologies: Active knowledge of industry trends and innovative practices

• Technical Leadership: Proven ability to influence technical decisions and establish technical vision

• Mentoring Excellence: Strong coaching skills with track record of developing engineers

• Excellent Communication: Exceptional skills for technical documentation, presentations, cross-functional collaboration

• Strategic Thinking: Balance technical considerations with business objectives

• Change Leadership: Experience driving organizational change and technology adoption

• Advanced Problem Solving: Complex technical and organizational challenge resolution

• Agentic AI: Experience leveraging and creating AI-assisted development tools and agentic workflows

• AI Governance & Enablement: Understanding of responsible AI adoption practices, including security, compliance, data privacy, and human oversight within engineering workflows

• Nice to Have

• Experience applying AI in software development and agentic AI tools is a plus

• Familiarity with cybersecurity products or enterprise-scale deployments is a plus

• Compensation & Benefits

• Salary will generally fall between USD 66,585 - 110,000 before adjustment for geographic differences. Recruiter can confirm if position is incentive eligible.

• Great Place to Work & Grow Your Career: competitive benefits to support health and financial wellness.